Learn about the direction performance management is heading and how the most effective trends can help manage your team.

Performance reviews can be stressful for both the employee receiving them and managers executing them. Though a little nerve-racking, it is an opportune time to discuss an employee's successes, ...

The recently issued mandate, “Performance Management for Federal Employees,” requires agencies to “provide a firm benchmark towards which employees must aim their performance.” It’s on point but fails ...

Human resources leaders have been trying to design the best performance management program for decades. But it's been impossible to achieve because they often assume uniform needs where there is ...

Training is expensive—so, if we don’t see the benefit from it, we cut it. But we may be doing so without seeing the hidden ...

Set effective employee performance goals using MBO and continuous feedback. Top HR software includes BambooHR, Paychex Flex, ...

Employers have been scrutinizing their performance management systems in the wake of the pandemic, which revealed a number of weaknesses in how reviews were done, Gallup noted. After employers stepped ...

Lauren (Hansen) Holznienkemper is a lead editor for the small business vertical at Forbes Advisor, specializing in HR, payroll and recruiting solutions for small businesses. Using research and writing ...

The Trump administration Is seeking to reassure federal managers and supervisors that their agencies will back them up legally if a subordinate pursues litigation over a poor-performance appraisal or ...

An ex-Amazon manager said leadership had to rate a certain number of employees as "least effective." He said he defended an employee who senior leaders placed in this category despite performing well.

Why do we spend millions on performance management systems that everyone—managers, employees, and executives—openly admits are broken? The answer is uncomfortable but simple. We’ve designed these ...